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The rebellions in Massachusetts and New Hampshire in 1786 were seen by many leading politicians as resulting from the weakness of:Answers:the Continental Armythe Constitutionthe Articles of Confederationnone of the aboveWhen it became clear that the majority of the members of the Constituional Convention intended to supersede the mandate they had been given by the Confederation Congress, many delegates who advocated for States' Rights ___________, weakening their position even further.Answers:boycottedpicketedcalled a stand inwalked outDuring the Republican period, the Romans were obsessed with the ___________.Answers:Jesus of Nazarethchecks and balances on powerthe descendants of Julius CaesarNero's many indiscretionsThe _________ Plan called for representation by population.Answers:VirginiaNew JerseyTexasMassachusetts_______________was elected president of the Constitutional Convention, and his presence gave the convention some prestige, but he—like Franklin—was very quiet during the proceedings.Answers:George MasonGeorge WashingtonSamuel AdamsUncle SamRepresentatives from _______________ proposed the first Great Compromise, leading to much of the government we have today.Answers:MarylandNorth CarolinaConnecticutVermontThe _________ Plan called for equal representation per state.Answers:VirginiaNew JerseyTexasMassachusettsMany of the leading ________________ politicians—such as Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry—refused to go to the 1787 convention called to address problems with the United States government at the time.Answers:States' RightsSouthernNew EnglandTea PartyAt which battle did the Americans and their allies successfully trap a British army on a Virginia peninsula with no hope escape?Answers:the Battle of Yorktownthe Battle of Cowpensthe Battle of Stirling Bridgethe Battle of CullodenThe ________________ Regiment was also made up of Virginia loyalists, made up entirely of slaves promised freedom to fight for the British.Answers:EgyptianEthiopianSomalianLiberianArming slaves, Indians, and indentured servants and hiring Hessians were all actions that _________.Answers:turned Americans who had been loyal against the Britishhelped the Americans win the warhelped bring France into the wardemonstrated Machiavellian MoralityIn February of 1778 the Americans and the French signed two treaties. The first, called the Treaty of Amity and Commerce:Answers:recognized the United States of America as a sovereign nationpromised that the French would trade with the Americansgained the recognition of the Americans by a world superpowerall of theseThe Treaty of Alliance:Answers:promised that the Americans would fight as long as the French foughtpromised that the Americans would not engage in secret negotiations with Britainpromised that the French would do the sameall of theseIn 1774, Americans wrote the Declaration of Rights and Grievances which threatened ____________ if the punitive legislation against Massachusetts was not repealed.Answers:guerilla warfareideological warfaretotal warfareeconomic warfareWhat Revolutionary War battle convinced Britain's biggest rival, France, to help the Americans gain their independence?Answers:GettysburgVicksburgSaratogaBunker HillThe Queen's Own Loyal Virginians was a loyalist regiment made up of former:Answers:slavesindentured servantsHighland JacobitesLouisiana TigersThis brutal, British Cavalry officer, __________, was killed at the Battle of King's Mountain.Answers:Patrick FergusonNorman SchwarzkopfBilly McCaffreyRichard WintersThis British General was in charge of the Southern Campaign:Answers:Lord CornwallisGeneral GageGeneral HoweGeneral BurgoyneThe _________ Act made Roman Catholicism legal in some parts of North America formerly owned by France and allowed former French citizens in North America to settle in the lands west of the Appalachian Mountains.Answers:CroissantLouisianaCajunQuebecIn response to America's threat in the Declaration of Rights and Grievances, Lord North and the British:Answers:re-instituted the Navigation Actsrepealed the Revenue Actimprisoned Betsy Rossblockaded American ports
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